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A rare photo of Kiwi anti-aircraft gunners having shot down a German plane. (National Army Museum, 2017-640-1)
Taking photos overseas in World War II was forbidden to Kiwi personnel, but historian Glyn Harper says many people ignored the rule and smuggled cameras in their kitbags. Dr Harper, professor of war studies at Massey University, has just completed a book called
The Front Line: Images of New Zealanders and the Second World War, about newly discovered photos. After making a callout five years back, Glyn, and his wife, Susan Lemish, went through some 30,000 photos, paring them down to around 900 for the book.